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I had a knee-jerk reaction about whether I should RT/talk about recent events re: police brutality, thinking that I wanted to keep my bookish account simply for books.
That thought died real fast because you can& #39;t separate the two. Books and what is going on in the world+
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That thought died real fast because you can& #39;t separate the two. Books and what is going on in the world+
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+are inseparable.
And also: how many times have I talked about queer issues on this account? How many times have I talked about US politics? I have "still hate joe biden" in my profile name, for god& #39;s sake.
It was my privilege -- my white privilege, to be+
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And also: how many times have I talked about queer issues on this account? How many times have I talked about US politics? I have "still hate joe biden" in my profile name, for god& #39;s sake.
It was my privilege -- my white privilege, to be+
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+specific -- poking through. It is a privilege to think, "should I RT this? What if I lose followers? It doesn& #39;t match the bookish/nerdy aesthetic."
The aesthetic of your account shouldn& #39;t matter when it comes to speaking up against oppression, and it& #39;s privileged to think+
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The aesthetic of your account shouldn& #39;t matter when it comes to speaking up against oppression, and it& #39;s privileged to think+
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+otherwise.
So, book bloggers -- especially fellow white book bloggers -- if the only reason you don& #39;t want to speak up against oppression/certain kinds of
oppression is because you& #39;re worried about how it& #39;ll make your account ~look~ I ask for you to reflect long and hard+
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So, book bloggers -- especially fellow white book bloggers -- if the only reason you don& #39;t want to speak up against oppression/certain kinds of
oppression is because you& #39;re worried about how it& #39;ll make your account ~look~ I ask for you to reflect long and hard+
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+as to why the aesthetic of your account is more important than supporting oppressed and marginalized people.
Remember that nothing exists in a vacuum.
5/5 fin/
Remember that nothing exists in a vacuum.
5/5 fin/
*special thanks to Jia for RTing something that got me thinking about this and made me realize I had to say something.
